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    cum·ber
    [ˈkəmbər]
    verb
    dated
    cumber (verb) · cumbers (third person present) · cumbered (past tense) · cumbered (past participle) · cumbering (present participle)
    1. hamper or hinder (someone or something):
      "they were cumbered with greatcoats and swords"
      • obstruct (a path or space):
        "the road was clean and dry and not still cumbered by slush"
    noun
    archaic
    cumber (noun) · cumbers (plural noun)
    1. a hindrance, obstruction, or burden:
      "a cumber of limestone rocks"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘overthrow, destroy’): probably from encumber.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. hamper or hinder (someone or something):
      hamper
      obstruct
      impede
      inhibit
      retard
      balk
      thwart
      foil
      baffle
      curb
      delay
      arrest
      set back
      slow down
      hold back
      hold up
      forestall
      stop
      halt
      restrict
      restrain
      constrain
      block
      check
      curtail
      frustrate
      cramp
      handicap
      cripple
      hamstring
      shackle
      fetter
      encumber
      stymie
      bork
      trammel
      be a hindrance to
      interfere with
      throw a spanner in the works of
      throw a spoke in the wheel of
      throw a monkey wrench in the works of
      Opposite:
      help
      facilitate
    noun
    1. a hindrance, obstruction, or burden:
      impediment
      obstacle
      barrier
      bar
      obstruction
      handicap
      block
      check
      curb
      brake
      hurdle
      restraint
      restriction
      limitation
      encumbrance
      deterrent
      complication
      delay
      interruption
      stoppage
      drawback
      setback
      difficulty
      inconvenience
      snag
      catch
      hitch
      stumbling block
      hiccup
      facer
      trammel
      fly in the ointment
      spanner in the works
      monkey wrench in the works
      Opposite:
      help
      advantage
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